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A license is the copyright terms under which a piece of software or other creative work is distributed. This describes how end users are allowed to legally use, modify, or distribute the works of others.

I am new to Ubuntu and I am really interested in making software that can work on it and I would like to make profit from these software.
How can I make money from making software for Ubuntu if the ...

We are in the process of evaluating and deciding which Linux to pick for our product for sale. Currently looking at lubuntu. We would possibly ship lubuntu (in lubuntu desktop mode) installed in our ...

I have a service company with a commercial name; lately I am dedicated to buy HP servers and install Ubuntu Server in companies that request.
I am authorized distributor: hp, canon, microsoft, eset, ...

I have a cybercafé in Tunisia (North Africa) and I want to promote Ubuntu and hence I want to call it "Ubuntu Club" and I want to know whether Canonical will allow this. I love Ubuntu and I want to ...

What is the license for Ubuntu 14.04 LTS server?
When I check the download site I don't see the license there or on the documentation page. Can someone please let me know what it is licensed under?
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I wrote a software for Ubuntu and package it in a .deb file. When I try to open it the license does not appear. In my copyright file under the debian directory I added a copyright file where I simply ...

I am in a position where a company is trying to sell me a modified version of Ubuntu with added proprietary binaries. They are selling it as a complete distro on a usb stick. It clearly shows UBUNTU ...

I have a Ubuntu 14.10 Dual-boot with Windows 8.1 Pro and I have Unity Pro 4.5.5 on my Windows OS. I have the activated Unity on Windows and I tried to start it in Wine but it says "Error initializing ...

I am using Ubuntu 14.04 LTS on 64-bits. I am tryint to install Matlab R2014b. I followed these steps, based on this tutorial:
Mounted the .iso file
cd /media/username/MATHWORKS_R2014B
sudo ./install ...

I have created a Xubuntu 14.04 Virtual Machine with some applications installed and configured. I want to distribute this VM under another name for free, with changed icons, wall and other graphics ...

I have a machine running ubuntu. On it I installed virtualbox and I have two virtual machines one ubuntu another is a debian.
In addition on my host machine I have two USB license key plugged in. The ...

So let's say I have a Ubuntu remix that has nothing changed to the source code (Maybe just a few programs that originally shipped with it are removed.) Also has KDE or GNOME as a desktop environment ...

I install Linux on computers and add to the base installation some other programs. This computer then is sold to a customer as a larger instrument.
Now, I am looking for a way to implement some kind ...

I have a Linux Ubuntu 13.04 with Wine 1.5.
I've tried to install an Office 2010 Professional Plus, but when I had to write the license-key, I can't write anything. The text-box is unable to write... ...

I really like Ubuntu desktop.
My company has some computers. I'm thinking on install Ubuntu on our computers. So, I need to know how much the operative system cost? If not, how much is the cost for ...

I plan to distribute a web application/database commercially via a VM image, (a virtual appliance). The plan is to use Ubuntu as the OS for this VM. I understand that we cannot modify the distribution ...

I'm really concerned because a need to know if Ubuntu is totally free for a company. I mean, if I use a private software, I have to pay that license package, but Have I to pay for use Ubuntu? Have I ...

I want to know the difference between GNU Lesser GPL and GNU GPL. If I modify a free and open source software and sell it to a customer, do I have to share my modifications with the community as well? ...

I am developing some Chrome app and started using Ubuntu colours for it. The ones I found in the Ubuntu Colour Palette. I assume it's there and public so that app developers could create a consistent ...

I'm new to Ubuntu. I've Installed Ubuntu 13.04. When i try to install wine, after downloading, in the terminal it shows Configuring ttf-mscorefonts-installer and then nothing is happening. After that, ...

I work for a publishing company. We are planning to publish a book about web development, and we are going to create web applications in Ubuntu environment. But we are now considering web development ...

Is it possible to activate a volume licensed copy of Microsoft Office installed using PlayOnLinux with my organisation's Key Management server?
The installation with PlayOnLinux worked flawlessly but ...

We are using Ubuntu for 1.5 years. We have around 50 PCs running on Ubuntu. Before that I was using Windows. Last week I got a call from Microsoft Legal team that they want to do a compliance check. I ...

I just purchased Transition DJ for Ubuntu. It's installed but it won't launch. When I talked to the software developer, he said I need to add a file that has the license key in it to the Transitions ...

I'm concerned about the amount of proprietary software that seems to be part of Ubuntu now. I've noticed quite a few apps that in the software center are listed as "Licence: proprietary".
Obviously ...

I'm now making commercial software for Windows CE O/S, and I want to embed Ubuntu font to my software. The file format will be converted to my own format to speed up my software.
In this case, am I ...